Kempinski Hotels has confirmed the appointment of Vella Ramasawmy as the general manager of their upcoming Kempinski Ambience Hotel Delhi. A pioneer in the hotel industry, Ramasawmy is spearheading the hotel team to make it a new landmark for European luxury in India.

Sofia is welcoming guests to the unveiling of thousands of traces of remarkable history, cultural life and century-long traditions. Everything from Orthodox hymns in the imposing Alexander Nevsky Cathedral to mural frescos in the cathedral crypt, to the most ancient mysterious ritual of barefooted dancers performing on burning embers and the unique atmosphere of Sofia Music Week is on offer.

Cloudreach, a fast-growth cloud computing consultancy, has been selected by Kempinski Hotels, the luxury hotel management group, to support and manage its migration to the cloud.  Cloudreach will help Kempinski move from traditional, on-site IT to public cloud-based storage and computing with Amazon Web Services (AWS), eliminating any migration headaches by advising on a phased approach, and managing the transition.

Maria Kuhn becomes responsible for Europe’s oldest luxury hotel group’s global Public Relations function.

A prominent new member joins World Tourism Forum Lucerne: Reto Wittwer, CEO of Kempinski Hotels and an acknowledged expert in the field, takes over as Chairman of the Advisory Board.

Kempinski Hotels is once again actively fighting infectious diseases with the foundation of BE, a legally independent, self-funding, non-profit organisation with one goal: to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which rank among the world’s most common infectious diseases.